China pulls plug on Ant Group IPO
The Shanghai bourse stunned the market on Tuesday after halting Ant Group’s $34bn IPO, a deal which was set to be the largest listing in history. The extraordinary move, likely spurred by comments from Ant’s
The Shanghai bourse stunned the market on Tuesday after halting Ant Group’s $34bn IPO, a deal which was set to be the largest listing in history. The extraordinary move, likely spurred by comments from Ant’s
Both developed and developing countries urgently need large-scale counter-cyclical funding to help maintain economic activity
The new vehicle, which exceeded its initial €1bn target, is three times larger than its predecessor
New fund is almost 26% larger than Blackstone’s predecessor European investment vehicle
Despite coronavirus uncertainty, technology investor Insight Partners closes its largest fund yet
Opalesque Industry Update - WallStreetBets today announced it will host the world's first live esports-style stock market trading competition, The WSB Championship. The competition, which will be held October 28-30 at America's largest esports arena,
Canada’s largest bank by assets is moving to protect itself as pain spreads through the mortgage market
Ares, one of the largest business development companies, said that it has seen increased funding requests from borrowers
Many of the largest US pension funds have no plans to halt their private equity commitments as coronavirus fears tank stocks
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The concerns around the coronavirus outbreak in China and its subsequent crisis in several other nations are expected to have a large impact on the global economy, which is also hurting
By Donald A. Steinbrugge, founder and CEO, Agecroft Partners, LLC: The changing landscape caused by the Coronavirus will lead to the largest shake out in the hedge fund industry since the 2008 market crash...Article Link
By Donald A. Steinbrugge, founder and CEO, Agecroft Partners, LLC: The changing landscape caused by the Coronavirus will lead to the largest shake out in the hedge fund industry since the 2008 market crash. Below
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Canada is at the forefront of the infrastructure investment landscape. Of the top 20 largest infrastructure investors globally, seven are located in Canada, pointed out Preqin. Between them, t...Article Link
The largest amount last year was raised by German bus service FlixMobility, which completed a €500m round
A possible delay to the final retirement of Libor as the benchmark lending rate on dollar loans is set to offer banks and borrowers a bit more breathing room to make the transition. But in
The Republic of the Philippines sold its largest international bond in more than a decade this week, raising $2.75bn from a deal that received strong support from investors confident about the country’s control of Covid,
UK firm aims to raise $3.91bn for its second fund focused on larger mid-market deals and the same amount for its core mid-market strategy, pension documents show
China is working on new rules to give foreign investors fuller access to the world’s second largest bond market. However, bankers are sceptical. Addison Gong reports.
The leveraged loan market has taken a leg wider as coronavirus fears sweep the capital markets. But the primary markets are sucking up the larger discounts and fatter margins and forging ahead, with Polynt-Reichold, Genesis
The effects of the coronavirus on one of the largest US public pension systems has been limited by the structure of its private equity investments
